Sara Magdalena Johanna Zacharya Swanepoel
- Name
- Sara Magdalena Johanna Zacharya /Swanepoel/
- Given names
- Sara Magdalena Johanna Zacharya
- Surname
- Swanepoel
- Name
- Sara Magdalena Johanna Zacharya /Smit/
- Type of name
- married name
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Natural disaster
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Source citation: Note: A severe drought occurs in the eastern frontier region. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: 17 March - The first British settlers arrived in Table Bay, Cape Town on the Nautilus and the Chapman. 1 May - The Albury reaches Cape Town bringing settlers to Albany, South Africa. They arrive in Algoa Bay on 15 May. 2 May - La Belle Alliance reached Cape Town. She brought British settlers to Algoa Bay. 4000 British settlers started arriving in Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), they settled in Grahamstown and along the frontier. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Rix dollar (Dutch: Rijsksdaalder) is converted into the British sterling. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Voortrekkers start leaving the Cape Colony. |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Smit, p406, a2b10c5. |
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Town founded
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Death of a husband
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Citation details: Smit, p406, a2b10c5. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza. |
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War
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Source citation: Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: Pilgrim's rest declared a gold field. |
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Source citation: Note: Discovery of the Main Reef in Witwatersrand. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. |
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Source citation: Note: The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902. |
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Source citation: Note: The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat, Afrikaans: Oranje-Vrystaat) was an independent Boer sovereign republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South Africa. It weighed 21.25 carats (4.250 g), and was found by Erasmus Jacobs near Hopetown on the Orange River in 1867. The diamond, cut to a 10.73-carat (2.146 g) cushion-shaped brilliant, is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa led to the Kimberley Diamond Rush, and marked the beginning of the Mineral Revolution. |
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Economic Event
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Source citation: Note: In 1881 gold in the Barberton area was discovered by Tom McLachlan who found alluvial gold at Jamestown. However due to the location (the hot lowveld region was rife with malaria) no-one wanted to go there until Auguste Roberts (French Bob) discovered gold in Concession Creek in 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a gold rush to the area. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Pneumonic plague breaks out in Johannesburg. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Tuberculosis reaches epidemic proportions in South Africa. |
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Historical Event
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Source citation: Note: Union of South Africa established. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: Smallpox outbreaks: The outbreak of smallpox is reported in the Malay Location, Johannesburg and cases of smallpox are discovered in Durban. |
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Epidemic
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Source citation: Note: An estimated 500,000 people die from the Spanish flu epidemic in South Africa, the fifth hardest hit country in the world. |
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1789–1850
Baptism: September 13, 1789
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Death: August 22, 1850 |
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| Marriage | Marriage — July 3, 1837 — Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa |
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1789–1850
Baptism: September 13, 1789
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Death: August 22, 1850 |
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| Marriage | Marriage — October 1, 1814 — Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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stepdaughter |
1825–1887
Birth: April 22, 1825
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— Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa Death: April 22, 1887 — Dist. Fraserburg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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1789–1850
Baptism: September 13, 1789
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Death: August 22, 1850 |
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| Marriage | Marriage — October 8, 1838 — Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
Descendants of Sara Magdalena Johanna Zacharya Swanepoel
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Generation 1
She married Cornelis Johannes Smit, son of Albert Smit and Cecilia Jacoba Coetzee, on July 3, 1837 in Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa. He was baptized on September 13, 1789 and died on August 22, 1850 at the age of 60.
Ancestors of Sara Magdalena Johanna Zacharya Swanepoel
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Generation 1
